Combined window glass and screen holder



C. H. HARGADINE.

CoMBlNED WINDOW GLASS AND SCREEN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l0, 1919.

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C. H. HARGADINE. COMBINED WINDOW GLASS AND SCREEN HOLDER.

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UlidllTi-) STATES Partnr ortica?.

COMBINED WINDOW GLASS AND SCREEN HGLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.. 29, 1921.

Application tiled March 10, 1919. Serial No. 281,870.

' To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H; HARGA- DINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Window Glass and Screen Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide rectangular frames for windows, said frames to be provided with secondary frames or movable holders for either window glass or screens, so that the first named frames may remain in the window openings perma nently, to avoid the labor andjnconvenience usually occasioned by their removal, said holders being conveniently arranged so that the screens may be removed readily and the window glass substituted for cold weather, and that, for summer, the .glass may be removed for substitution of the screens.

The invention broadly includes the combination of the stationary, upright sash orl frame having an upper and a lower rectangular opening, a pair of secondary rectangular frames mounted upon and adapted to have swinging movements to be disposed in said openings, each secondary frame including. connected, metallic-strips bent transversely to provide recesses disposed in a singleplane and openinglinwardly of its sides and top, whereby foraminous sheets or transparent plates may be inserted or removed, a locking member being provided consisting of a pivotally mounted, angular, metallic strip adapted to have a swin 4ing movement to be disposed in the plane o the recesses below the bottom of a secondary frame to maintain a screen or plate in said recesses.

rFhe invention consists ofthe novel con' f invention, the frame mentloned should be struction, combination and arrangement o parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a view, of the device in side elevation, glass plates being inserted in the holders, the view being from the inner side of a window opening, and the usual window sash being removed. Fig. 2 is a view of the same' in longitudinal section, on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3--3 of Fig. 1, the holders being swung of a screen and its mounting.

inwardly and one of the locking members being swung to an open position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail showing a part Fig. 5` is a sideview of a screen, on a reduced scale. Fig. 6 is a broken away View of a holder and screen in vertical section. Fig. 7 is a side View of a glass plate. Fig. 8 is a broken awa'y sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 1,v looking to the lower end of a holder, a screen being shown in section.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, the device may 'be used upon all kinds of buildings having ordinary window openings, and is illustrated in connection with certain parts usually employed, as the water table 8 which supports the window stool 9, and in this connection the head jamb 10 and blind stop 11 are also shown.

In the present instance the conventional window sash is not shown, but it will be understood that ordinary window sash may be slidably mounted in the channels 12 and 13, a parting strip being indicated at 14.

I provide rectangular frames A, each consisting of the pair of side strips 15, the pair of horizontal end strips 16 and 16 and the horizontal strip 17 midway between the strips 16 and 16', these strips preferably being constructed of wood and being connected by any suitable means.

The frames mentioned may be of any required length and width, and it will be understood that a frame thus provided may be disposed with its'horizontal strip 16 engaging the window stool 9, its horizontal strip 16 engaging the head amb 10,*its side strips abutting upon the blind stops 11 in such a manner that air currents therebetween will be practically excluded, and for uses of the permanently secured, since its removal will not be necessary.

As thus described, two rectangular areas or openings are provided, one being above and the other below the horizontal strip 17. 1 provide the4 pair of secondary frames or movable holders 18 and 19 (Fig. 3.). these being similar in structure in all respects, and

the parts of said strip adjacent to the sleeve being disposed parallel to provide a web 26 for engaging the vertical inner side of a horizontal strip 16 or 17, and bent at right angles to the web to form a ledge 27 for engaging the lower side of a strip 16 or 17, the remaining parts ofv the metallic strip being bent toward each other to forma pair of resilient gripping members 28 and providing a recess therebetween for receiving a screen or a glass plate which may be inserted and whlch may be engaged by said members 28,. j.

Each vertical clasp member 21, as best shown in Figs. y4 and 6, consists of an elongated, metallic strip bent transversely between its longitudinal edges to provide a rectilinear stop member 29 adapted; to engage the face of a side strip 15, the parts adjacent to said stop 29 bein bent at right angles thereto to form a wa l 30 to be normally disposed closely adjacent to the inner side of said side strip, the remaining parts of the metallic strip being bent toward each other to form a pair of gripping-members 31, and as described, the adjacently disposed members 31 provide recesses for said horizontal clasp-members adapted to receive a glass plate or a screen, said recesses opening inwardly of each holder frame 18 and 19.

As clearly shown in the drawing, the ends of the clasp-member 20 will labut upon one of the ends of each clasp-member 21, and;

these abutting parts are connected, preferably by soldering, and ,when thus c011- nected it is obvious that a continuous recess will be provided between the gripping-members mentioned for the top and two sides of of foraminous sheets 33, preferably of wire gauze, the area for the screens thus provided being such that they may be disposed in engagement with the clasp-members, within the recesses mentioned.

Numerals 34 indicate plates of glass of rectangular form, theI area of each corresponding to the area of a sheet 33 and its' sheath, and it will be understood that the glass plates maybe inserted in the movable A holders 18 and 19 for use during the winter season, and that for use in the summer the glass plates may be readily removed and the screens substituted, Athe frames A remaining as a fixture, this being the principal object to be attained.

Byreferring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the locking-member 22, to perform its functions, coperates with the vertical claspmembers 21, the latter being open at their lower ends, which feature permits glass plates or screens to be manually placed -in the recesses mentioned, or to be removed therefrom. 4

The locking-member consists of a metallic strip. 35 provided at its ends with arms 36, each pivotally mounted as indicated at 37 upon the outer, flat side of a wall 30, as best shown in Fig. 8, of a vertical claspmember, adjacent to a rectilinear stop-memotally connected at their inner ends, the

links 38 being pivotally mounted upon the side strips 15, and the links 39 of each pair being pivotally mounted upon the wall 30 of a normally vertical clasp-member v21 and it will be understood that when the stripy 35 is'swung outwardly from the clasp-member 43 which forms the bottom of a rectangular, secondary frame, a glass plate or a screen may be ymanually inserted between the members 31, and may have Van upward, slidable movement until its upper end is disposed between members 28. Each strip 35 is provided with a springplate or handle 40, having a terminal proj ection or catch 41, and in operation, after a glass plate or screen has been inserted as described, the locking-member is swung inwardly, the catch engaging the flange 42 of al transversely curved cross-plateor claspmember 43. l

Each transversely curved cross-plate or clasp-member 43 which providesv a lower end of a secondary rectangular frame consists' of ametallic strip bent near one of its longitudinal edges and folded upon itself to proetv Vide the flange 42, and is bent at rightangles, g

transversely, to provide a rectilinear ledge 44 projecting inwardly from the Hange 42,

'the remaining part of the strip being bent or curved transversely to provide`a grippingmember 45,'and the ends of each clasp-member 43 are secured, preferably by use of solder, to the lower, open ends of the claspmembers 21. F

The metallic strip 35 is provided with an strip is swung for engagement o`f its-catch 41 with the Vflange 42, said curved wing 46 also swlngs for engagement withone side of a glass plate or a screen.

Numeral 47 indicates a recess formed in the side of a vertical strip 15, adapted to con- .inwardly projecting wing 46, and when said outwardly names? tain the links 38 and 39, and each strip 15 is provided with two of said recesses, and when the holders 18 and 19 have been swung downwardly to their normal position the recesses will be covered by the flanges or stops 29. Also recesses 48 are formed in the inner sides of the strips 15 for containing the arms 36 of each locking-member, and recesses A9 are provided for containing the springplates which project somewhat below and 'from the strips 35, said last named recesses being formed inthe horizontal strips 16 and 17 of the stationary frame.

It will be appreciated that since the frames A may remain as permanent fixtures, the labor and inconvenience attending the shifting of storm windows and screen frames twice each year, is a great advantage, and by use of the invention the glass may be more conveniently cleaned than the glass o ordinary storm Windows.

lt will be noted that members 26, 27, 29, 30 and 42 may engage the horizontal and vertical strips of the frame A in a manner tending to prevent dust from entering a building. While l have described details of construction, l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to exactness in this respect, and minor details, as well as forni,

size and proportion of parts, may be changed 4 gaging in as determined by the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure b Letters Patent is,-

The comiiination with a stationary frame having horizontally and vertically disposed strips, a pair of staples arranged at opposed sides of said frame, a supporting-rod enthe pai` of staples, a horizontal, metallic -strip bent transversely between its longitudinal edges to provide a sleeve for receiving the supporting-rod, a pair of vertical, metallic strips connected with the horizontal, metallic strip each being provided with a flange, each horizontal and vertical strip being bent transversely to lie parallel with a horizontal and a vertical face of, the frame and providing opposed grippingmembers for removably engaging a framemember, and a pivotally mounted vwing provided with a catch, said wing being adapted to have a movement for engaging the framemember, its catch moving into engagement with said flange for maintaining said wing in engagement with said frame-member.

ln testimony whereof, lf have aixed my signature in presence of twd witnesses.

CHARLES H. HARGADNE.

Witnesses:

HIRAM A.l Siemens, ARTHUR H. Semana. 

